Spotify - anyone heard of it?

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xp what is the problem with search functionality?

ledge, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link

Also, as someone else said somewhere else, a chat room or something would just about obliterate turntable.fm etc.

scotstvo, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link

xp You can share songs/albums/playlists to Facebook quite easily, though...

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link

just click on 'share' underneath the name of the playlist

smells like PENGUINS (remy bean), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link

xp what is the problem with search functionality?

― ledge, den 3 augusti 2011 16:47 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what bothers me the most is that they added all these label and year and genre search functions, but there's still no way to properly browse one label's output or a certain year for that matter

sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link

Playlists, yes, but individual songs, too? xp

timellison, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link

Of all the aggregators for new releases, this is the best one I've found http://spotimy.co.uk/

The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link

i use this to listen to new albums that i don't necessarily want to download -- pretty convenient imo

otm. also great for an artist who has like 5 records out and I own and really like two of em, to backtrack and hear the others ...

dmr, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link

xpost Yes, individual songs and albums as well.

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link

what bothers me the most is that they added all these label and year and genre search functions, but there's still no way to properly browse one label's output or a certain year for that matter

yeah and then if you do the label search, there doesn't seem to be a way to view all of the artists. You just get a limited number of artists listed up top with an ellipse and then a huge list of all of the songs below.

lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link

this five-times rule kind of makes you confront mortality, like, i will only hear frank black's 'abstract plain' four more times in my life, if that

sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link

OK, I'm still not seeing how you share individual songs or albums to facebook...

timellison, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

if yr on a mac it looks like u can control click a song and select "share to..." (n.b. i haven't tried to actually share anything)

markers, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link

Aha, yes, that works.

timellison, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link

also while a track is playing it's in the lower left below the artwork. little arrow coming out of a box is their Share logo.

dmr, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link

it's probably been said here but the Stones section is worth it alone. soooo much.

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Thursday, 4 August 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link

Why does it keep crashing? I have to keep dragging it to my applications folder. Not sure if it's me o que.

it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link

uh i'm an idiot and just now turned on the facebook/social connection stuff. so much fun!

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link

also, the point has been made a million times now, but it is mindboggling to me to think about how i listened to music 15 years ago compared to now. even 10 years ago, i was heavily into the mp3 stuff via audiogalaxy, but this is just...*pukes* holy shit. 2011 has a lot of problems but spotify ain't one

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:58 (twelve years ago) link

by the way, has anyone heard of Spotify?

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link

i just figured out the social thing too, if that makes you feel better. i also puked with mirth.

it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link

i immediately switched my playlists off of public because because i don't have anything in shareable shape yet.

i'm trying to find it on the spotify website, but i can't - is there any limit on the number of playlists/subscriptions you can have with a free account? feel like i saw a limit somewhere but spotify isn't making it very clear.

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link

does this have collaborative playlists yn

markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link

Thanks to Spotify, I just learned there is a DFA remix of "Cupid Shuffle". OMGOMGOMG.

dutty whiney (The Reverend), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link

Wait, apparently this is some deep house guy named Darryl James who uses the name DFA and has nothing to do with the label? This is still dope tho.

dutty whiney (The Reverend), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link

Lol spotify

Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link

does this have collaborative playlists yn

― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:17 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

y - right-click on a playlist and select "collaborative playlist" then share/send the playlist link to anyone who wants to contribute.

a million anons (onimo), Friday, 5 August 2011 10:32 (twelve years ago) link

The mobile version + unlimited data package has genuinely changed my life all over again. I tend to listen to much more music on the move and I'm discovering so much already. Killing my phone battery though.

Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link

Is a Spotify membership a set length contract or can you cancel at any time?

Jeff, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link

You can cancel at any time.

Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link

Lol spotify

Well that didn't take long.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link

ty onimo

markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link

This. Selection is crap and interface/search is either broken or functional but hopelessly obscured and convoluted. But people sending you tracks/playlists - YES PLEASE FOREVER.

otm expect i got no problem w/ the selection. the playback design feels songbird-like in some very bad respects (is there a common-sense 'now-playing' queue i'm not seeing or are they really trying to foist a new playlist-only paradigm on people??) but the playlist sharing is as fluid as any service i've come across, like it wasn't even a feature i paid attention to but it may be the only reason i keep messing w/ it, fantastic. other than that sound quality doesn't seem to be there on mobile, compared to rhapsody at least, i could be wrong though.

tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link

(is there a common-sense 'now-playing' queue i'm not seeing

it's on the left menu, under "play-queue"

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link

ok i guess i don't have it (windows version?). i know how to queue stuff but even then the way random search results, playlists, etc. get dumped to/overwrite what's there already is maddening. and there's only so much you can do under the hood, i get claustraphobic; must...customize...

tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link

can a brother rearrange a column, somthing?

tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link

i have the windows version too. Are you sure you don't have it? on the left side of the screen, the second item on the list, beneath "what's new" and above "Inbox".

future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link

oh yeah i got play queue it just doesn't act the way it should i mean.

tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link

so how does playlist sharing work for songs that aren't on spotify

J0rdan S., Friday, 5 August 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link

www.muxtape.com

Notinnymane (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 August 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link

Does that still exist?

dutty whiney (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 August 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link

so how does playlist sharing work for songs that aren't on spotify

they just show up gray or are removed from the list depending on whether people have "display unplayable tracks" checked

if it's gray and you have the track, you can import it as a local file

dmr, Saturday, 6 August 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link

they only have the clean version of "get ur freak on," SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN

get to drankin you shiftless fucks (reddening), Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Simpson

grey for me to poupon (crüt), Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link

so how does playlist sharing work for songs that aren't on spotify


Does Spotify upload my local files to its servers ?

No. Local files that you have imported into Spotify are not uploaded from your computer.

You can share local music in the same way that you can with streaming music. However, the music will only be played if it can be matched with music that can be played by the other users that you shared with. That is, if the music is available as impoprted local music on their computer, or if it can be found in the Spotify streaming catalogue.

pretty weak, and i'm not talking about the typo!

tremendoid, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link

Ok, they just fixed the bug in the iPhone app that made it crash during new playlist creation, which was my biggest complaint.

Cool thing: when you creat a playlist on your home computer, it instantly turns up on your iPhone, without restarting the program or anything.

dlp9001, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link

doc pemberton, inventor of coca-cola, is not a welcome guest in the middle of beethoven's 7th symphony

k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link

hello this is john maus, please listen to my new album on spotify

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link

Yep, finally paying for my subscription. If only to keep shit like Amos Lee interrupting my Black Flag listening from ever happening again.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link

hello this is john maus, please listen to my new album on spotify

― markers, Monday, August 8, 2011 11:47 P

markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link


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